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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-09-24
LET 1T BE REMEMBERED.
What the Democratic Congress Has Done
for the Good of the Country.

What the Democratic Congress Has Done
for the Good of the Country.
1t was Democratic Congress that
passed the arrearage pension bill.
1t was Democratic Congress that
passed the interstate commerce law.
1t was a Democratic Congress that
enacted Il law to pension the veterans
of the Mexican war.
1t was Democratic Congress that
enacted law prohibiting the contract
of alien labor.
1t was Democratic Congress that
enacted law permitting tie incorpo-
ration of trade unions.
1t was Democratic Congress that
enacted law providing for the re-
demption of the trade dollar.
1t was Democratic Congress that
enacted law for the protection of
American fishermen.
1t was u Democratic Congress that
enacted law preventing the employ
mcnt of convict labor by federal Off
GERS.
1t was Democratic Congress that
forever settled the electoral count busi-
ness by giving to each State power to
say for whom its vote should be cast.
1t was u Democratic Congress that
established tribunal for trying suits
against the government, instead of
crowding them into the hands of lob
byists.
1t was Democratic Congress that
repealed the tenure of Office act en-
acted by Republican Congress for
partisan purposes in violation of the
constitution.
1t was II Democratic Congress that
restored to the domain 50,O00,0 900
acres of land granted railroad corpora
tions by the Republican party, and un-
earned.
1t was Democratic Congress that
passed resolution to investigate the
Pacific railroad, which has already
compelled the road to arrange for the
payment of both principal and interest
ON its government bonds.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-09-24

ronage to foreign producers and for
eign labor, rather than to our own."
II the tax on liquors remains, the
revenue will still be redundant, and
there must be some relief from over
taxation, which must be found in rcduc-
ton of the tariff, The ohio Democratic
Convention Would seem TO hare led the
way in presenting definitely and cour-
ageously the tariff issue, and to hare
done IL in a toay that WtN command gen
erat attention and ride sympathy. The
present protective tariff is enormously
high and produces an immense sur
plus. The protective policy is defended
upon the general theory that it is IA
vorablc to American labor. But neuer
Uas that labor more diScontented; and
umder The enormous taxation of The tariff
IL has gro,Dn steadiiy more so. This fact,
and the just statement in the Cleveland
platform of the purposes for which
taxes should be laid.-a statement not
unlike that made by so good n Repub-
lican as President Arthur-will lead
many Republicans to reflect whether
high protection is the secret of National
prosperity and contcntment, and
whether the general policy indicated by
the Ohio Democrats may not be Worth a
fy;ol
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-09-24
There Was No Disastrous Effect.

Among the doleful walls that were
heard in the land VIXEN Cleveland was
elected was one to the effect that u
Democratic administration would have
disastrous effect on the national
banking interest. What are the factsP
Comptroller Trenholm says: "From
the 4th of March, 1885, to the 1st of Au-
gust. there have been organized 450
new national banks, of which the very
great majority have been established
in those parts of the country in which
the national banking system had not
been popular under earlier administra-
tions, while within the last six months
there have been more new banks
formed in large cities than for several
years previously. From these facts it
may be inferred that at least no harm
has come to the national banking sys-
tenn in consequence of the change of
party in power in Washington"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-09-24

likely to do more than wonder when
they see Mr.. Blaine hob-nobbing with
British royalty.
This, however, Is q matter which
concerns chiefly the Republican sup
porters of Blaine and his Presidential
aspirations. To the outsider there is
occasion for neither pride nor anxiety
in his association with the hcir-appa-
rent to the throne Of Great Britain and
India. There is room, perhaps, for
some curiosity. Knowing that man
of Blaine's attainmcnts can gain moth
ing from the Prince, either of political
or practical information. or even OF
insight into the habits of good society.
one can not help feeling that it is the
Prince who has sought the intimacy.
So feeling, we must speculate somc-
what as to his purpose. Is he after in
formation rs to diplomacy, the man
agement of a lobby, the packing Of
caucuses, the use of ''inflooence" with
Legislators or the art of getting in ION
the ground floor" of enterprises that
need legislative aidp Or is he looking
for points in the art of lctter-writing
and the propriety of etter-burningp
If either of these is his object the
Prince has struck the right man. More
than any other American, distin-
guished or obscure, Mr.. Blaine can en-
tighten Wales upon all these matters.
Detroit Free Press.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-09-24
THE PRESIDENTS TOUR.
Republican Efforts to Arouse . Bitter
Feeling Against Him.


The journey of the President, at the
time when many Republicans are trying
hard to arouse The bitterness of sectional
feeling, and TO control politics By The pas
sion Of war, will present suggestive
contrast. He represents the new
Union of common interests and pur-
poses and desires, and among them the
spcediest practicable dismissal of the
controversies of the old Union. He
represents the desire of the country for
tranquil and honest Government,
watched, as he says himself, with
scrutiny to which no recent President
has been submitted. He represents
the epoch of happy transition from the
old to the new, and the general feeling
of goodwill which is the prevailing
sentiment of the country. 1t is I'M
fortunate that the contract should be
invoked between the insignificance of
such representative and that of the
sectional effort.
Practically those who lead that effort
assert that the President is going into
the Southern States to propitiate the
rebels, that he betrayed his sympathy
with treason and rebellion by the order
to return the rebel flags, that he has
called rebels into his cabinet, and that
he knows that he must owe his re-elec-
ton to the votes of rebels. This is
aDretched business for intelligent Re
publtcans. Not one such man
who resorts to such desper-
ate appeals believes that the President
is rebel, or consorts with rebels, or
has any more sympathy with rebellion
than General Sherman, or General
Sheridan, or Mr.. Blaine, or Governor
Foraker. The partizan use yhich is
sought to be made ofMe flag order sho,cs
The sore straits to ohich those wio resort TO
IL are reduced. At time when Vir-
ginia and Massachusetts veterans were
fraternizing, when at Gettysburg the
boys in blue and the boys in gray were
clasping honest hands of congratula-
tions rs fellow-citizens forever, the
President acquiesced in the suggestion
to return to Confederate veterans the
tokens, not of anything gained in the
war, but of some particular fight which
helped to achieve the great result, and
| in which, whatever the event of the
fight, the heroism of both sides was I'M
questioned. This is not thing for
which the patriot soldiers in New Eng
land or Pennsylvania would adjudge
any man unworthy of the presidency.
OF the two, which will seem to n
thoughtful American the surer guaran-
tee of national peace and prosperity,
the spirit which the President will rep
resent in his tour, or that of those
who make national issue of the flag
| order?-Harper's Weekly.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-09-24
PRESS COMMENTS.

Dear G. A. R.-The w A r is
over.-MillUaukee Journal.
-Tuttle, of Iowa, will have to
look to his laurels or Foraker will get
up II reputation as the prize fool of tho
season.-BoSton Times.
-Whenever tho Republican party
tries to stop waving the bloody shirt.
it waves the party. st. Louis Repub-
iican.
--Colorow is becoming the Tuttle
Of the frontier, but in the absence of
cotton bales he handles other material.
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The talk of rivalry between Gov
ernor Hill and President Cleveland is
Republican bosh. No good Democrat
should be fooled by it.-Bufalo Times.
If the Grand Army is to be
swung into line next year as portion
of the voting strength of the Repub-
lican party the organization will for
felt a large part of the reputation It
has possessed in the past. Boston
Herald.
w ApNVs PNoS
under the control of true and faithful
Democrats and come up to the support
of the President and the party in Con-
gress in their fight against the power
OF fraud, force and frenzy. .-Louisville
Courier-Joara,al.
---Colwell Post, G. A. r., OF Car
Isle, Pa, and o. j. Crane Post. of
Cleveland, have joined the long line Of
protcstants against disloyal follies ut
tered in the name of the Grand Army.
The latter's pronunciamento seems to
go to the heart OF the matter when il
says; "This post looks with disappro-
baton and condemnation upon every
and any demonstration of disrespoct
toward the legally-conslituted Execu-
tive of the National Government. the
same being subversivo Of the founda-
ton principles of the Grand Army Of
the Republic" Foraker never rose to
such a pitch Of patriotism az this -
ChicGgo Herald
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-09-24
FORAkER'S SPEECH.
Tho Governors Attack Upon the President
an Insult to the People of the United
Sfafes.


Governor Foraker is. we believe, n
man of education, who was thought
worthy by an intelligent majority of
the citizens of Ohio to be the Governor
of the State. But does any intelligent
man in the country think that it is a
decent thing for the Governor of Ohio
to say of the President of the United
States, upon his prompt revocation of
an order which proved to be beyond
his proper authority, that she quailed
like n whipped spaniel before the
storms of indignant protests that swept
down upon him from every loyal
State"
If Governor Foraker's friends should
reply that it is true, the reply would
prove nothing, and would be merely Il
repetition of the indecency. The torn,
of Gorernor F'oraker's attack upon the
President throughout Was an Insult TO
the people of the United States. 1t is, we
believe, wholly without precedent in
the references of the Governor of
State to the President. Ecen the allu-
sioass of some of the Rebel Governors, in
1861, to President Lincoln aDere not so
scholly unbecoming a dignifed official
position as the furious onslaught of Co..
ernor Foraker upon President Clereland
Whoever reads his speech in the Con-
vention, and the speech at his recep-
ton in Toledo, in which he said: "This
gathering of Republicans means that
when our lines are drawn we will
sweep over the whole rebel brigade,
will understand how naturally the
name of Governor Foraker is associated
with that of Mr.. Blaine for the Repub-
lican nomination in 1883. We ask any
intelligent american to compare the
speeches, letters and remarks of Co..
ernor Foraker Nth the speeches, letters,
messages and remarks of President
Cleveland, and decide Uhich, upon that
shoWing, is the Diser, higher, truer rep.
resentatire of american patrjotism.--
Hdrper's Weekly.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-09-24
An Expensive Legislature.

Twenty-nine thousand three hundred
and seventy-eight dollars and eighty
sevencents is sum not to be sneezed ut.
The two terms of the late Republican, or
Foraker, Legislature cost that much
more for the salaries and mileage of the
Senators, members, the per diem of
clerks, ,sergeant-at-arms, contingent eX-
penses and Legislative Committees than
the preceding two terms of theDemocra-
tic or Hoadly Legislature cost. No Won
der that Governor Foraker wants the
farms of Ohio revalued and revalued
up, too, before 1891 rs provided by law.
No wonder that he has to confess in his
especial message" that he finds "thc
demands upon our treasury" constant
ly increasing. The Foraker kind of
administration is an expensive thing.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-09-24
NOT A REFORM PARTY.
The Talk About Rebels is II Sign of Weak
ness in the Republican Party.

The Talk About Rebels IL u Sign of Weak
ness in the Republican Party.
AS to the general characteristics OF
the Toledo platform, it must be evident
to every sensible Republican that Wig
orous denunciation of Rebel Democrats
and of the Presidents order in regard
to the flags, and of the betrayal of
executive pledges of civil service re-
form, will not avail as against the tenn
perate and Well-considercd declarations
ot'pu6lic policy contained in The Demo-
cratic platform. The taunt of Rebel
and the appeal to old passions and sec
tional jealousy and war cries in gener-
al will merely please that class of Re-
publicans, whose votes are secure ut
any event. In the existing situation,
when there is an unprecedented inde-
pendence in political feeling and action
the true policy is to determine how to
reach those whose votes are not Sc
cured by Il regular party nomination.
AW the talk about rebels is a sign of
sOcakness. because ii Sho,0s consciousness
that the party can not depend upon the
manifest superiority of lis general pub
TIC policy. In the same way platform
sneers at the failure of the administra-
ton in regard to reform will not avail
to establish the Republican alarm as
the reform party, because the Republi-
can exemption act in Massachusetts is
one of the most hostile blows yet dealt
Mt reform. A Republican President
undoubtedly recommended reform; but it
sUas deliberately abandoned by a Rcpub-
lican Congress-. General Republican
acquisconce in the original platform
was not unnatural. since, so far as it
was enforced, it tended to retain Re-
publican employees. But the present
control and tendency of the Republican
party do not promise any regard sohat-
erer for reform. Il Harper's Weekly.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-09-24
Correcting Republican Mistakes.

The Republican party gave away the
rich public domain to corporations,
syndicates and foreigners. Cleveland
is forcing it back to the people. The
Republicans created privileged classes
and fostered monopolies by their sys-
tenn of taxation, whereby the rich are
protected and made richer and the poor
kept poor by being forced to pay taxes
on what they eat and wear; and that,
too, when the money is not needed to
pay the expenses of the Government.
They strive by every means in their
power to foster sectional hate. thereby
retarding the development of large
portion of our country and clogging
the wheels of industry and thrifts in
the South.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-09-24
THE IRON TRADE.
A Proof That Clevelnnd's Administration
Is q Clear and Conservative One.

a prOOf That Clevelunds Administration
Is Clear and Conservative One.
The state of the iron market mt the
present time furnishes another proof
that Cleveland's clear and conservative
administration has created feeling of
security among business men that is
eminently favorable to trade. We are
indebted to the Iowa Trade Reuiew for
the following synopsis of facts taken
from its "Marhet Reuiew." They re-
late mainly to pig-iron, and are
grouped under the names of tho places
whence tho reports come:
CLEVELAND. There are no stocks on
hand. What is made, over and above
future delivery long engaged, is readily
sold, and smaller manufacturers are
constantly looking for iron for immedi-
ate delivery.
Prices are firm, and while it is true
that some large buyers are holding off
for lower quotations, the state of busi-
ness and the healthy tone of the market
by no means warrant any such result,
either in the immediate future or some
months to come. Iron molders hare no
difficulty in disposing Of their material
as. when one buyer holds off there are
ten who will purchase. The hardware
trade reports an excellent business in
nearly every department. Shop goods
are selling exceptionally well, and
small dealers are placing larger
orders than usual, and the ore
business is booming, and the
furnaces are rapidly filing up on
old orders. The receipts of the week
were 46,666 tons as against 34,529 tons
during the corresponding week in 1886,
gain of 12,137 tons; and the rail
shipments of the week were 25,620
tons, as against II, 424 tons during the
corresponding week in 1886, the gain
being 14.196 tons
CINcINNATI.--A firm, active market,
without any exciting or material change
in prices. was tho prevailing feature of
the week. Orders booked have been
about equally divided between those
for immediate and those for future de-
livery. Northern Ohio and Western
Pennsylvania furnaces are protiting by
the absence of Southern iron in the
market, and taking good orders in the
field hitherto occupied by Southern
irons. Sellers are generally firm and
confident in their views, but do not
want to put prices higher II it can be
avoided. Notwithstanding the conf
plete resumption Of furnaces stopped
by the coke strike, there is still mark
cd scarcity Of desirable grades of iron
for early delivery, and the four fur
naces that are in shape to take orders,
are enjoying a peculiar advantage.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-09-24
Tho Pauper Pension Bill.

When a Republican criticises Presi-
dent Cleveland fol vetoing the pauper
pension bill, ask him why q Republican
President vetoed the equalization
bounty bill, or why Republican Con-
gress defeated the first arrearage of
pensions bill. A Democratic House of
Representatives passed General Rice's
arrearage of pensions bill, and the Re-
publican Senate, on motion of ingalls,,
of Kansas, laid the bill on the table,
and among those who opposed its pas
sage was Senator John Sherman, who
has just received vindication and en-
dorsement at the hands of Ohio Repub-
licans.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-09-24

CHICAGo--.An almost unprecedented
run Of small orders has kept dealers
busy during the week. Careful
inquiry indicates that there is less
bought ahead than Mt corresponding
times in previous years. This indicates
that buying must continue liberal
throughout the fall and tDfnter. Most
foundries are using up iron faster
than expected. There are no inn
portant changes in prices, but slow,
steady hardening in soft iron and Lake
Superior charcoal.
ST. LOUIS. There is freer DISPOSE
ton to buy iron in this market. Orders
have been liberal since last report, and
they have been quite largely for for
ward deliveries. The theory that the
recent stillening in prices was tenn
porary and would disappear as soon as
the coke strike was ended, Is about
abandoned II seems apparent that
there wiil be large and uniform demand
throughout the Jul and Winter, and it
will tax the furnaces to their full
capacity to meet IL; principal sellers are
opposed to any further adrance in
prices, being mcN satisfied as they are.
They find IL difficult, hoUccer, to meet
the demand upon them at these figures.
CHATTANooGA.-The tenor of gem
eral business for the past two weeks
has been characterized by continuation
of the same activity that has prevailed
during the entire year. The merchants
and manufacturers are all doing wetl
and are having full line of trade in
their respective callings and so far as
can be observed are making money.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-09-24
BLAINE AND WALES.
Matters on Which tho Plumed Knight
Can Enlighten tho Gay Prince.


Can Enllghten tho Gay Prince.
The intimate relations between our
Blaine and England's Wales are we'll
calculated to raise flutter in the Re-
publican bosom. 1t will not be n
wholly pleasurable emotion, but a
mingled ilutter, so to speak, of pride
and anxiety. There will be pride that
the plumed one is recognized by the
great ones of the earth rs one of their
own kidney; but there will be anxiety
also lest his intimacy with this partic-
ular great one may prejudice him in
the fishing excursion upon which he
has gone for the Irish vote. And, un-
fortunately, there is more ground for
the pride than the anxiety. Aside
from the fact that he is Prince there
is nothing great about H. r. II. He
has achieved no distinction on the
score of personal ability. He is neither
wise nor learned except in court eti-
quette, and his moral reputation is
seriously "off color" Except by vir-
tue of his station he confers no honor
or distinction upon any American
citizen by receiving him upon
terms even of equality; and he certain
ly can confer none on II citizen who
has been exalted as Mr. Blaine has and
who holds the position he does even
now in the estimation of large num-
ber of his fellow-citizens Pride, there
fore, in his recognition by the Prince,
has an extremely ilimsy foundation
and will chiefly be felt by those of
Mr.. Blaine's admirers. who are given
to toadyism or anglomania.
For anxiety, on tho other hand, there
really are excellent grounds. What
ever the Prince may be personally, he
represents a system which Ireland
and lrishmen have found harsh and in
tolerably oppressive and against which
they are to-day in moral, rs they may
be ut almost any time in actual, revolt.
Even II the Irish were in condition of
mind to reason calmly and dispassion-
ately on the subject, they might well
wonder that y professed friend OF theirs
and u seeker for their support should
run after one who embodies quite as
much as any one person can the OPP
preston they find so grievOus. And
not being, just at present. in such q
condition Of mind. the Irish are very
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-09-24
Cleveland and the Soldier.

Here is what Democratic admins
tration is doing for the soldier: A
Washington special to the Cincinnati
Enquirer, says: "William j. Shep-
herd, of Philadelphia, has been allowed
q pension and back pay for n wound
received twenty-three years ago. The
back pay and arrearages amount to
$4,000. He was a private in the
Twenty-ninth Pennsylvania, and was
shot in the ankle by the accidental
discharge of comrades gun. He is
forty-five years old, and still suffers
from the wound.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-09-24
Noble Words.

Recently the President said to rep
resentative of the New York World:
1.-THE soldier having laid down his
arms after making so many sacrifices
and enduring so many hardships, hav-
ing achieved such vast and good
work in perpetuating our Republic,
should be pre-emnently the best citi-
zen. When he again in time of peace
resumes his citizenship, his desires for
the peace and quiet of his country and
its prosperity, entirely dependent upon
these, should be emphasized by tho
very trials he has undergone. lido not
believe he can be carried a,0ay from, the
eren plane of That good citizenship By The
devices Of anscrupalons men wAo 0oaltl
asc him tor partisan purposes"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-09-24

The best evidence that the Southern
people are perfectly satisfied with tho
issues of the war, is to bc found in the
circumstance that Governor Foraker
could go into Wheeling and with inn
punity denounce, deriie and endeavor
to heap odium upon President Cleye-
land because OF alleged friendliness
toward the South. And yet Governor
Foraker and his class profess wonder
that the South inclines to be "solid''
against the Republican party.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-09-24

WHY are these capitalistic organiza-
tions for the dissemination of high
tariff literature? DO they proceed
upon the assumption that the working
man has not sense enough to know
when he is we'll off? Why such des-
perate efforts to persuade him that he
is supremely happy-he ought to know
it without having it dinged into his
ears from morning till night every day
in the year. Give him rest! Quit
beating your high-tariif tomtoms and
blowing your protectionist bazoos, and
let the "still, small voice" of the happy
people be heard.